Animal-releasing device.



G. ZOHNER.

ANIMAL RELEASING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1916.

1 ,242,3U2. Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

v 4- Q -7 g vi i-"- A To all whom it concern Be it knowntliat I, GusTAvgame, a

citizen of Canada, residing at F orres, in the Province of Saskatchewan,in the Dominion of C nada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Animal fteleasing Devices, of which the following is aspecification. r

This invention relates to improvements in animal releasingdevices-anditsobja t is provide means whereby a number of animals.

confined 1n stalls in a barn may be slmultaneously released by mechanismoperable from outside the barn. A further object is to provide an easilyoperated device that may be cheaply installed in a barn that willoperate with maximum eiiiciency. 'With the foregoing and other objectsinview the invention consists in the combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter fully described in this specification, pointedout in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawingswhich form a part of said specification and in which Figure 1 is afragmentary view of a barn showing the application of my improveddevice.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of Fig. 1 showing the hitchingring released.

Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2 but with the device in assembled oroperative position.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. V

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View of Fig. 4 with the ring in releasedposition.

Fig. 6 is a detail of the locking pin and the bar carrying the same. 7

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the barn which is divided into stalls 2and to the manger wall 3 in each stall angular guide brackets 4 aresecured, one end of said brackets abutting the top rail 5 of the mangerwall. A pull rod 6 extends through one end of the barn and along themanger wall and through the several brackets 4 and is slottedlongitudinally as at 7 in each stall to receive the hooked link 8 whichpivotally carries the locking pin 9 and through the hooked end of whicha pivot 11 extends that is carried by the said rod 6. Through aperforation 12 in the manger wall the smaller end of a Y-shaped bracket13 extends, said and be g ad pted to receive the said pin IMAL-amusingEVICE. v

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' em was. (m relat s; sesaawcaawa a ei ve a" he bv ei acket i releasa lylocked in position- The bracket 13 fo m d r s etwma r al nd its. p-e endtermi' nsr n 5 t0 iii-eh; these ie 7 i th hitchingqstra p 181is. secur;ed., It 'tvill be mad th -t e link 8 n rmally sts t oblique angle withthe pull rod, against the abracketa whileythe pin 9 is in engagementWith-the bracket 13.

To the end of the pull rod 6 outside the barn an operating lever 19 issecured, said lever being pivoted to a stud 20 carried by In Fig. 1 thedevice is shown in operative position. To'release therings 16simultaneously the lever 19 is moved upon its pivot away from the barnthus moving the rod 6 and, with it, the several links 8 which as theyare drawn through the brackets 4 are raised into the slotted portions 7of the pull rod thus withdrawing the pins 9 from brackets13 thatcarrysaid rings 16 and so freeing the latter which the several animalsin the stalls may take with them upon their straps 18 as they leave thebarn or stable. moving the pull rod back to initial position,re-inserting the brackets 13 into the manger wall and placing the pins 9and rings 16 in engagement with said brackets.

What is claimed is l. The combination with a slotted pull rod and anoperating lever therefor, of links pivotally hung in the slottedportions of The device is reassembled by said pull rod, angular guidebrackets for said pull rod normally in supporting engagement with saidlinks to retain them at an oblique angle with said pull rod, resilientY-shaped brackets arranged below the slotted portions of said pull rod,hitching rings releasably carried by said brackets and pins pivotallycarried by said links for releasable engagement with the smaller orclosed ends of said Y-shaped brackets.

2. The combination with a supporting element formed with suitableperforations, of a slotted pull rod, links pivotally hung in the slottedportions of said pull rod, angular guide brackets for said pull rodnormally in supporting engagement with said links to retain them at anoblique angle with said pull rod, resilient Y-shaped brackets arrangedbelow the slotted portions of said pull rod and having their smaller orclosed ends as ed th g t e f i n of aid supporting. element, hitchingrings releasably retained in the open ends of said Y- shaped brackets,pins pivotally carried by the aforesaid links for releasable engagementwith the smaller ends of said Y-shaped brackets, and an operating leverfor said pull rod.

3. The combination with a supporting ele ment formed with suitableperforations, of a slotted pull rod, an operating lever for said pullrod, links pivotally hung in the slotted portions of said pull rod, pinspivotally carried by said links, resilient Y-shaped brackets havingtheir closed ends passed through the perforations in said supportingelement to receive the aforesaid pins, hitching rings releasably carriedby the open ends of said Y-shaped brackets and means carried by saidsupporting element for supporting and guiding said pull rod and forretaining said links at an oblique angle with said pull rod while thelatter member is in its normal position and for moving said links whollyinto the slotted portions of said red 'as' the latter member is moved inone direction by the said operating lever.

In testimony that I'olaim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses: V

GUSTAV ZOHNER.

Witnesses: V 7

l/VM. F. BECK, WILLIAM HYDE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. G.

